{
  "id": 404905,
  "title": "Leicester City defender Thibaud joins Olympique de Marseille",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/leicester-city-defender-thibaud-joins-olympique-de-marseille",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-09T20:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/leicester-city-defender-thibaud-joins-201000172.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Leicester City defender Julie Thibaud has transferred to French Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille on a permanent contract. The 28-year-old French international defender informed The Foxes of her decision through an official media update. After three seasons with Leicester City, she leaves the club where she made 72 appearances in all competitions. Thibaud contributed to Leicester's back-to-back top flight points records in the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 seasons but the club was relegated following the end of the 2024/2025 season. With Leicester City set to compete in the WSL2 division, Thibaud chose to remain at the highest level by joining Marseille. The Marseille side ended the 2025/2026 season at ninth place in the Arkema Première Ligue table. Thibaud is the latest player to depart from the King Power Stadium this summer as several other Leicester City players moved on following the team's relegation. The Foxes have been actively rebuilding their squad in anticipation of a challenge for the Barclays WSL2 title in the upcoming season.",
  "summary": "Leicester City defender Julie Thibaud has joined French Arkema Première Ligue club Olympique de Marseille on a permanent deal.WSL Full-Time were informed of the news via an official media update from...",
  "key_points": [
    "French defender Julie Thibaud joins Olympique de Marseille.",
    "Leaves Leicester City after three seasons and 72 appearances.",
    "Marseille finished 9th in Arkema Première Ligue in 2025/2026."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}